-Soundtrack Also Features New Music From Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble-
-10-Part Series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick to Air on PBS in September 2017-
-All-Star Soundtrack to Include Recordings from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, Ben E. King, Donovan, Johnny Cash, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Otis Redding, Santana, Nina Simone, Booker T. and the M.G.s, Pete Seeger, Among Others-
ARLINGTON, VA; JANUARY 12, 2017-- THE VIETNAM WAR, a new 10-part series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that will air on PBS in September 2017, will feature new, original music written and recorded by Academy Award-winning composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The film also features new music arranged and performed by Grammy Award-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble. It is the first time Burns and Novick have worked with Reznor and Ross, as well as with Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble. Additional music in the film was composed by David Cieri and Doug Wamble, both of whom are longtime collaborators with Florentine Films.
A clip featuring new music composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross is available here.
From the beginning of this project, we dreamed of working with Trent and Atticus, Novick said. The profound, haunting, unsettling and deeply moving music they created for us does what great music does best - express the inexpressible. They miraculously evoked so many of the complicated feelings embedded in this painful and tragic story. It is no exaggeration to say that they completely transformed our film.
It has been a tremendous privilege to work with these brilliant artists, Burns said. The stirring and complex music they created for the series goes straight to the heart of the human condition in all of its subtleties and contradictions. Simultaneously melodic and discordant, propulsive and ethereal, their work was integral to bringing this history to life on screen.
Over the course of several years, Burns, Novick and producer Sarah Botstein shared with Reznor and Ross raw interview footage and scenes from rough cuts of the film, and suggested a range of feelings they hoped the music would evoke - rage, courage, sadness, fear, chaos, loss, love, sacrifice, aggression, loneliness, anxiety. They also provided a collection of sound effects from the era for the composers to work with.
We are incredibly honored to be a part of this project. With The Vietnam War,' Ken, Lynn and Sarah have created something of vital importance. To bear witness to their process was immensely inspiring.
The sheer scale of the project combined with the magnitude of the subject matter was initially daunting for us, but the commitment, care and reverence they displayed made the experience deeply satisfying on many levels, said Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross in a joint statement.
While music by Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble has appeared in other films by Burns and Novick, including THE WAR, this is the first time the musicians have composed, arranged, and recorded original music for Florentine Films.
Combining Western instruments (cello, viola and violin), with a range of instruments from across Asia, including the bawu and the kamancheh, they improvised variations on a number of themes, some inspired by Vietnamese music.
Collaborating with Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble, Burns said, was one of the great joys of this enormous project. We have admired their work for years, and it was a dream come true to be in the studio with them. The beautiful and devastating music they created for the film truly is beyond category.
My wife and I eagerly anticipate each new Florentine Films series because we know that it will inform and transform our understanding of the world. So to be invited into the creative process, and to witness how they realize their work was a privilege for the Silk Road Ensemble and for me. The earnest curiosity and deep empathy that Ken, Lynn, and Sarah Botstein bring to their subjects is reflected in the films they make, and it was a joy to collaborate with and learn from them, said Yo-Yo Ma.
The depth of research and dedication to music the filmmakers brought to the series is truly astounding, so working to realize their vision was immensely rewarding. The Silk Road Ensembles collaborative spirit and culture-crossing perspective shines through in the recorded tracks, bringing yet another narrative layer to a story that continues to affect all of us today, said Johnny Gandelsman, violinist and producer.
Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road are some of the greatest musicians working in the world, said Novick. The luminous music they made for the film gives voice to something deep within us, something universal and ineffable.
In addition to the original music, the series features more than 120 popular songs that define the era, including tracks from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, Ben E. King, Phil Ochs, Donovan, Johnny Cash, Barry McGuire, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Otis Redding, Santana, Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone, The Temptations, Booker T. and the M.G.s, Pete Seeger and more.
Producer Sarah Botstein worked closely with record companies and music publishers to license the music. We have never made a film with such a diverse soundtrack, and everyone in the industry was extremely collaborative, Botstein said. Ken, Lynn, and I knew we could not do justice to this complicated subject, or to the tumultuous epoch it encompassed, without the iconic music from the time. Even now, more than 40 years later, these recordings remain the most evocative popular music of the 20th century, and are the essential complement to the extraordinary music Trent and Atticus and The SRE recorded for the project.
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-Soundtrack Also Features New Music From Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble-
